The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-11
WHAT, WILL THEY DOs
Veritas' Opinions on the Edmunds-
- Tucker IRfamy. ~


TO the Editor Of The HERALD. .--.-
I desire to make IA few remarks in
reverence to an article in the daily
blight" the Tribune. l have lived in
the world nearly reaching the time al
lotted for man on the earth. l have
read much of the worlds history, and
the history of individuals. OF courses
all the bad passions and cruel acts OF
men in the past ages are attributed to
ignorance and superstition, and the ages
have been stamped by what is called
civilization, as the dark ages. All the
cruelty and administration of
wicked men has been held up
as too horrible to contemplate.
There might possibly be some excuse
for men who were ignorant. but what OF
the sO-called civilized men?7 The Tri-
btlne, in an article published on the 9th
instant SAYS: The NelUs and HERALD
daily charge that the men who, in Utah,
favor the EdmuDds-Tucker bill-not
law-are dishonest, men who are
backed by r no higher motive than
robbery" True, they never yet
robbed any one; never have tried 10 rob
any One;. their daily lives win certainly
correspond favorably with the most
respected Saint. l should hate the
lives of the Saints to correspond to the
lives of some men in this city.
Is not the above nonsense? Itreminds
one of the murderer of the Babes in the
Wood-"I'll not kill you, but leave you
to die of starvation" l am satisfied
that there are many honorable men in
Utah, men who dislike Mormonism;
yet they hate dishonest methods for the
oppression of American citizens.
Let US see what about robbery. Let
Iago speak:
entreat you then,
You'd take no notice; nor build yourself
trouble
Out of his scattering and "unsure" observ-
1t wee not for your quiet nor your gO0es
Nor for my manhood honesty or wisdom.
to let you (Mormons) know my
thoughts.
OTHELLo-What dost thou mean?
IAGo-Good name in man and woman,
dear my lord. 50 %
Is the immediate jewel of their souls;
Who steals my purse ste lis trash; It's some
thing, nothing;
Twas mine, It's his, and has been slave to
thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which mt enriches him,
and makes me poor indeed.
What, ask, has been the filthy, dirty
work of the Tribune and its supporters,
if not to rob this people of their good
and like Iago, ,bye subtle
means, to paint limo ence with crime,
until the relentless hand of jealousy
should STAY and murder the innocent
The Tribune has represented this peo-
pie as liars. Inurderers, thieves and
traitors. Oh, yes, you will be very
honest when you get into office, you
will be honest after you have obtained
power to destroy. You are already
traitors to the Constitution apd the laws
of common humanity. Trust you? Yes,
we have taken you into our arms; we
have built you up by our patronage
and good will, and you stand ready to
rob us of our rights AS American
citizens. You segregation business was
unlawful, and you surrender with bad
grace. r,.,-
HireIing priests and Drawing wo-
men fill the land with the voices of the
screech owl and hyena, and the inno-
cent Tribune indorses every act, and
then has the effrontery to tell US I'VE
will be honest when we get into Office
and that we have not robbed any one.''
Well, you are not there yet, and should
you get there, your reign will be of
short duration; talk no more of the
civilization of the age, 1t has been
blighted as with mildew; there is no
God in all your thoughts, your aim is
plumber and mal-administration. The
scum that has slipped away from
the Mormon Church are already count
ing the gain. Theyare running greed
lily after the error of Balaam for
reward. o, no, gentlemen, you have
robbed no one of their liberty. You
have tried to obtain the military arm
of the government, when no man re-
sisted the due process of the law; you
have used the military to torture our
best men, instead OF allowing the civil
authorities to rule. Your business is
Misrepresentation and lying-any
and every lying device to reach
the Mormons. Let me tell you,
gentlemen, we shall live, as a
people, to see constitutional liberty
prevail, and we shall live to see
the names of the men who are waging
Guo Vi OQISG,
lost to honorable remembrance. The
Tribune talks about the respected of the
Saints. The Latt er-day Saints claim
no affinity to such a motley crowd of
mixed up as they are with
apostates and dead beats. Oh, yes,
we shall have ORDER Houses Of ,prosti-
tuition will be deserted; pimps and
spoilers will rustic like Statesmen.
And loyal subjects, they will not 90
from the court to brothels and mid
night orgies. o, no! Let US rule,
we will establish the Millennium.
We will not blaspheme the
name of God on every street corner.
We VIII send to the Reverend Talmage
and tell him we are the people he has
been praying for to come and establish
God and truth. We will tell him,
whereas, We were drunkards, we are
now reformed; whereas, We lied about
the Mormons, we are now truthful
men. We will show our love for'tbe
by allowing beer saloons, bill
hard halls and dance saloons to be
opened for public worship. In conclu-
sion, will say, whatyou do, do quickly;
your hour is short. God is at the helm;
He has humbled men in days gone by;
He will make.others feel His power.
The Mormons will find the hand of
God in GeliVerance. and the libertina